2013 April Treasures & Tribes Auction

This device was manufactured by Will Finck of San Francisco. Will Finck produced some of the finest cutlery in the U.S. with clientele both national

The discovery of gold in California in 1848 led to a rush of hopeful fortune hunters to the west coast. The Post Office Department kept the area’s inh

Formally titled and subtitled: Earthquake Fire, 1906 San Francisco. Concerning the Fire Resistance of Building Materials Tested in San Francisco, 190

Orofino Gold Silver Mining Co., incorporated in California. Bond certificate No. 52, issued on 30 May 1865 to E. C. Robinson, Trustee, for $1000. Sig

Large trunk, labeled US Army Nurse Corp belonging to one Elsa Goldmann (from Santa Clara). Inside is a full Nurse`s uniform, along with a huge collect

Lot of 23 checks drawn on or signed by the Bank of La Porte. La Porte is a former gold mining town located about an hour`s drive south of Quincy, CA.

Nice grouping from this company that operated the Tahoe Treasure mine at the west shore of Lake Tahoe at Homewood. Five issued stock certificates in d

This is a very unique lot that contains a small vial holding splinters from the hastily built Murphy Cabin during the winter of 1846 that saw the Donn

This is a lot of three stock certificates from the era of the California Gold Rush era. Lot includes two stock certificates from the Tuolumne County W

Lot of one carton. Over 50 years is covered in this comprehensive archive belonging to the family of Dr. Edmund and Mrs. Juanita Bergstedt Goldman. In

A W.H. Jackson photograph showing 14th Street and homes. Photo #272, by famed western photographer W.H. Jackson, part of his Rocky Mountain Scenery se

The photo shows 3 men dressed in suits in a posed studio setting. It is captioned: Evans--Jones--Graham--"The Daily News" Gang. Mounted in...

"Territorial" The document states that James Chick is the owner by pre-emption of a claim on the Juniata Lode, and is signed by him. A 5 c...

Lot of 3 Pages, 22 photos. A few of the photos are labeled: One is of Altman, Co, taken Nov. 20’97, and shows Pike’s Peak in the distance. Another is

Lot of 5: 1 is unique; a 50 share uncancelled certificate for Gray Goose Airways, Inc. Serial No. 3474. This one is quite ornate, with an embossed gol

37 miles northwest of Leadville lies the ghost town of Holy Cross City. Today the abounded ruins are a popular site for jeep tours, but from 1881 to 1

The humble beginnings of Lake City began in the late 19th century when the town sprung up to miners of the San Juan Mountains. For a while, the isolat

Lot of 2 early photos: 1) Leadville Ice Palace, the official photograph for the Ice Palace Association, 1896, taken by O’Keefe Stockdorf. A handwritt

The town of Sawpit began in the 1880s when the mining boom came to San Miguel County. Today the town has a population of 25, and is the third least po

This piece of iconic literature was first published in 1876. This was followed by three sequels, THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN (1884), TOM SAWYER